Habits are either bobbers or sinkers, corks or lead. They hold you up or pull you down. With eternity in view, it behooves you and me to consider our current habits in every facet of life. It helps to contemplate how habits are formed. The following is what I believe to be an accurate description of the process:Thoughts become words.
Words become actions.
Actions become habits.
Habits become character.
Character is everything.
Notice the similarities between this progression and the following progression found in the book of Proverbs:
Keep your heart [thoughts] with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you crooked speech [words], and put devious talk far from you. Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet [actions]; then all your ways will be sure [habits]. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
Proverbs 4:23-27, ESV
It's no secret, friend; your habits and mind originate within the heart. My habits determine my character, and my character determines who I serve -- self and Satan, or Christ the righteous. So work on your heart today, friend. It is the vehicle that is moving you toward your eternal dwelling place -- wherever that may be.
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